Team GQ,

I have a weird Linux issue going on over here. I say weird, because I have no seen it before on any OS and it's hard to describe.

Essentially, sometimes some programs don't display all their characters. For example, if I open a browser and type in Gamequitters.com, it might display it as g  m   q  tt rs.c m

Initially I thought it might be a display issue as I connect my laptop to an external monitor when I am at home, but it seems to happen when I am on the move as well (though generally in my email program). The main ones that it happens to is spreadsheets, web browser, file browser, and e-mail.

Any help would be appreciated! I have attached a screenshot below, I have my monitors in a vertical set up. I would edit the image so you can only see the affected program but I have no idea how to do that without seeing the words!

Your research skills must be ninja-like, @stablish.

I am running Ubuntu 16.04 LTS with Unity and I just changed the system font to Sans (seems like a safe option) utilising the Unity Tweak Tool.

uname output:

Linux geepeedee 4.14.0-11-generic #gpd SMP Thu Oct 12 09:34:06 CEST 2017 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

glxinfo output:

server glx vendor string: SGI
client glx vendor string: Mesa Project and SGI
    Vendor: Intel Open Source Technology Center (0x8086)
OpenGL vendor string: Intel Open Source Technology Center

lspci output:

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Device 22b0 (rev 34)

egrep output:

var/log/Xorg.0.log
[    15.210] (II) intel(0): Using Kernel Mode Setting driver: i915, version 1.6.0 20170818
[    15.508] (II) intel(0): Output DSI1 connected

 

I haven't been able to replicate the issue today, it seems sporadic.

Alright I have done all that, lets see how we go! Thanks. If the dramas continue I'll swap to a window manager I think.